1080p AMD Catalyst Linux Perf Per Dollar Benchmark results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com Diamond Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB (1030/1400MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Sapphire Radeon R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Supported device 6939 2048MB (918/1375MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB (1000/500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 126.92 |============================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 126.31 |============================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 125.37 |============================================ Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 121.27 |=========================================== Team Fortress 2 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.51 |================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.71 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.52 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.22 |=============== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 1.05 |====================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 1.29 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 1.16 |========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 1.03 |====================================== Team Fortress 2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 66 AVG: 121 MAX: 199 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 56 AVG: 98 MAX: 160 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 108 MAX: 180 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 68 AVG: 118 MAX: 176 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 102.96 |============================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 100.61 |============================================ Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 97.91 |=========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 102.34 |============================================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.41 |================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.56 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.40 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.18 |=============== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.57 |===================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.73 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.63 |========================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.66 |========================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 62 AVG: 180 MAX: 246 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 57 AVG: 137 MAX: 186 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 65 AVG: 156 MAX: 224 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 69 AVG: 156 MAX: 215 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 148.32 |========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 138.15 |======================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 145.45 |========================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 157.85 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.60 |===================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.77 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.60 |===================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.28 |================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.84 |==================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 1.04 |============================================ Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 1.02 |=========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 1.11 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 63 AVG: 176 MAX: 225 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 56 AVG: 133 MAX: 170 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 58 AVG: 142 MAX: 201 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 72 AVG: 142 MAX: 185 Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 94.16 |=========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 72.62 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 82.50 |====================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 99.80 |============================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.38 |============================================ MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.41 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.34 |======================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.18 |===================== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.35 |======================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.38 |=========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.37 |========================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.42 |=============================================== Metro: Last Light Redux System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 63 AVG: 266 MAX: 338 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 56 AVG: 193 MAX: 221 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 63 AVG: 225 MAX: 262 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 70 AVG: 237 MAX: 304 Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 81.02 |=========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 68.03 |==================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 73.06 |======================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 87.12 |============================================== Metro 2033 Redux Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.33 |========================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.38 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.30 |===================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.16 |==================== Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.38 |==================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.43 |========================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.41 |======================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.49 |=============================================== Metro 2033 Redux System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 64 AVG: 211 MAX: 293 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 57 AVG: 157 MAX: 200 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 65 AVG: 177 MAX: 234 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 72 AVG: 176 MAX: 248 Civilization: Beyond Earth Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 57.69 |============================================ MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 55.72 |=========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 59.04 |============================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 59.80 |============================================== Civilization: Beyond Earth Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 6 AVG: 22 MAX: 106 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 6 AVG: 23 MAX: 88 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 6 AVG: 22 MAX: 108 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 6 AVG: 22 MAX: 95 Civilization: Beyond Earth Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.23 |=================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.31 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.24 |==================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.11 |================= Civilization: Beyond Earth Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.28 |==================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.37 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.34 |=========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.34 |=========================================== Civilization: Beyond Earth System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 63 AVG: 206 MAX: 257 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 56 AVG: 150 MAX: 191 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 64 AVG: 173 MAX: 217 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 70 AVG: 177 MAX: 225 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 44.88 |============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 39.43 |======================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 38.30 |======================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 43.84 |============================================= BioShock Infinite Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.18 |====================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.22 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.16 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.08 |================= BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.22 |===================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.28 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.23 |======================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.26 |============================================ BioShock Infinite System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 66 AVG: 202 MAX: 252 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 57 AVG: 141 MAX: 172 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 62 AVG: 164 MAX: 202 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 71 AVG: 171 MAX: 211 SuperTuxKart 0.9 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 58.63 |============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 56.97 |============================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 47.89 |====================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 58.63 |============================================== SuperTuxKart 0.9 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.24 |=================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.32 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.20 |============================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.10 |=============== SuperTuxKart 0.9 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.38 |========================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.44 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.33 |=================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.39 |========================================== SuperTuxKart 0.9 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 63 AVG: 156 MAX: 235 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 56 AVG: 129 MAX: 171 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 63 AVG: 144 MAX: 198 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 71 AVG: 149 MAX: 211 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 226.51 |=========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 185.52 |=================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 222.11 |========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 236.26 |============================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.91 |========================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 1.04 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.92 |========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.42 |=================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 1.19 |========================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 1.33 |============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 1.35 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 1.36 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 68 AVG: 190 MAX: 252 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 55 AVG: 140 MAX: 173 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 59 AVG: 164 MAX: 203 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 71 AVG: 174 MAX: 213 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 74.28 |==================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 38.66 |=================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 51.20 |========================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 94.37 |============================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.30 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.22 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.21 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.17 |=========================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.24 |====================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.21 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.23 |==================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.30 |=============================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 75 AVG: 310 MAX: 335 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 55 AVG: 182 MAX: 194 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 64 AVG: 227 MAX: 249 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 72 AVG: 310 MAX: 342 DiRT Showdown Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 60.16 |============================================ MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 62.50 |============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 61.76 |============================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 61.74 |============================================= DiRT Showdown Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAA Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.24 |================================ MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.35 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.26 |=================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.11 |=============== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAA Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.30 |================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.42 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.37 |========================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.37 |========================================= DiRT Showdown System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 64 AVG: 199 MAX: 253 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 56 AVG: 147 MAX: 173 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 65 AVG: 168 MAX: 201 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 71 AVG: 169 MAX: 217 Meta Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.39363636363636 |============================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.48090909090909 |=================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.37727272727273 |=========================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.18272727272727 |============= Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.52727272727273 |============================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.62909090909091 |=================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.58545454545455 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.61181818181818 |================================== System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 58 AVG: 210 MAX: 338 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 55 AVG: 149 MAX: 221 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 58 AVG: 171 MAX: 262 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 68 AVG: 193 MAX: 342